Chiefdom of Bozhou

{{Short description|Yi Tusi chiefdom (876–1600)}}

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|native_name= 播州土司

|conventional_long_name=Chiefdom of Bozhou

|common_name= Bozhou

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|status= Native Chiefdom of China

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|year_start= 876

|event_end= Annexed by Ming Dynasty

|year_end= 1600

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|p1=Nanzhao

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|s1 = Ming dynasty

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|image_map = Four Tusi of Guizhou in Yuan Dynasty.png

|image_map_caption = {{legend|#1c6d32|Chiefdom of Bozhou}}

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|capital= Bozhou (present day Zunyi)

|common_languages= Nasu, Chinese, Gelao, Hmong

|government_type = Monarchy

|title_leader = Chieftain

|leader1 = Yang Duan {{small|(first)}}

|year_leader1 = 876–?

|leader2 = Yang Chaodong {{small|(last)}}

|year_leader2 = 1595–1600

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The Chiefdom of Bozhou ({{zh|c=播州土司|p=Bōzhōu Tǔsī}}), ruled by the Yang clan, was an autonomous Tusi chiefdom established by Yang Duan ({{lang|zh|楊端}}) during the Tang dynasty. After he conquered the Bozhou Prefecture (centred on modern Zunyi) from the Nanzhao Kingdom, Yang Duan was recognized as the hereditary ruler of the region by the Tang court in 876.

The Yang clan ruled Bozhou for more than seven centuries, surviving several dynastic changes in China, until its last ruler Yang Yinglong rebelled against the Ming dynasty in 1589. It took more than a decade for the Ming to suppress the rebellion, and the Bozhou Tusi was defeated and abolished in 1600.Chinese Tsui Culture Added to The World Heritage List: [http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2015-07/34236380-chinese-tsui-culture-added-to-the-world-heritage-list-008.htm finanznachrichten.de (07-Apr-15)]The legendary Yang clan: [http://www.hailongtun.com/en/history/history-2/celebrated-yang-clan/ hailongtun.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211093929/http://www.hailongtun.com/en/history/history-2/celebrated-yang-clan/ |date=2017-02-11 }}The last battle: [http://www.hailongtun.com/en/history/folklore/last-battle/ hailongtun.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211113956/http://www.hailongtun.com/en/history/folklore/last-battle/ |date=2017-02-11 }}Hailongtun – the Demise of a Tusi Lord: [http://www.chinascenic.com/magazine/hailongtun--the-demise-of-a-tusi-lord-333.html chinascenic.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116185417/http://www.chinascenic.com/magazine/hailongtun--the-demise-of-a-tusi-lord-333.html |date=2017-11-16 }}, retrieved 5 Mar 2017

Bozhou, Sizhou, Shuidong and Shuixi were called "Four Great Tusi in Guizhou" ({{lang|zh|贵州四大土司}}) by Chinese.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9iWDwAAQBAJ&q=%E8%B4%B5%E5%B7%9E%E5%9B%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%9F%E5%8F%B8&pg=PT316|title=明后期黔蜀毗邻地区土司纷争研究|author=颜丙震|date=June 2018|publisher=Beijing Book Co. |isbn=9787511555625|language=zh}} "Liangguang [ruled by] Cen and Huang, Sizhou and Bozhou [ruled by] Tian and Yang" ({{zh|s=两广岑黄，思播田杨|p=Liǎngguǎng Cén Huáng, Sī Bō Tián Yáng}}), an idiom current among Southwestern Mandarin speakers, proved that the Yang clan was once one of the most powerful clans in Southwestern China.{{cite web|url=http://culture.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1104/c22219-28834387.html|title=思州土司的前世今朝：田氏传奇八百年 土司文化传后代|publisher=people.com.cn|language=zh}}